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vii This book represents a genuinely collaborative enterprise. For some time I have puzzled over the question of international monetary power, its sources and its implications; but the topic has proved a difficult one to master. I suggested to this volume’s contributors that we tackle the subject together, and they agreed. Since then, my partners have endured countless e-mail queries and comments with perfect equanimity, and I am grateful to them. Other friends and colleagues have made valuable contributions as well. Special thanks are in order to Matthias Kaelberer, Kathleen McNamara, and Beth Simmons, each of whom helped advance this project in significant ways. Our work benefited greatly from a workshop at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, funded in part by the Robert Schumann Centre’s Transatlantic Programme. There we received helpful guidance from Michael Artis, Jeff Chwieroth, Yi Feng, Robert Hancke, Joseph Jupille, Helen Wallace, and Clas Wihlborg. We also benefited from the unique atmosphere of the EUI, combining as it does the charms ofTuscany with the rigors of a world-class research institution, and we appreciated the hospitality of both its faculty and staff. Roger Haydon at Cornell University Press has shepherded this project from its inception, and I am grateful for his help and guidance. A few of the chapters in this volume made their first public appearance at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association in Montreal in spring 2004, where lively discussion suggested a strong interest in its topic. Other chapters were featured in a workshop at Scripps College in Claremont, California, later that year, organized by the European Union Center of California and with the support of a grant from the Freeman Program in Asian Political Economy at the Claremont Colleges; participants included David Baldwin, Brock Blomberg, Lawrence Broz, Richard Burdekin, Mark Hallerberg , Saori Katada, David Lake, John Odell, and Thomas Willett. These are not bashful observers, and we profited from their keen insights. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Likewise a number of excellent research assistants have helped with this project, including Milinda Baker, Joslyn Barnhart, Jennifer Boyd, Laine Middaugh, Sam Schreyer, Andrea Schuster, and William Talbott. We extend our warm appreciation to Laura Burgassi, Mei Lan Goei, Filipa da Sousa, Catherine Divry, and others in San Domenico for their help in making possible the EUI workshop.Thanks are due as well to Lukas Loncko and John Harper for organizing the Claremont workshop, to Scripps College for enduring my long absence, and especially to Nancy Bekavac, Michael Lamkin, and Diane Paul for their support of this project and my many other endeavors. Above all, I want to thank the contributors to this project. It has been a long path together, and at its end I am struck by what an honor it has been to work with such outstanding friends and scholars. viii International Monetary Power ...